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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Germany	Cape Verde	Japan
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	81,439	422	126,512
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	81,474	430	126,755
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	81,534	438	127,056
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	81,595	447	127,324
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	81,566	455	127,558
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	81,473	463	127,658
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	81,354	471	127,679
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	81,190	478	127,762
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	81,009	486	127,904
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	80,781	494	127,969
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	80,500	501	127,958
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	80,301	509	127,967
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	80,292	516	127,755
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	80,443	524	127,476
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	80,663	531	127,257
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	81,000	539	127,186
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	81,704	546	127,034
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	82,366	553	126,857
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	82,674	562	126,631
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	82,923	568	126,368
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	83,110	574	126,092
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	83,178	580	125,634
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	83,213	585	125,427
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	83,811	590	124,762

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

Japan

724-1874: Bassino, Jean-Pascal & Broadberry, Stephen & Fukao, Kyoji & Gupta, Bishnupriya & Takashima, Masanori, (2018). "Japan and the Great Divergence, 730-1874," CEI Working Paper Series 2018-13, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
1874-1940: Fukao, K., Bassino, J.-P., Makino, T., Paprzycki, R., Settsu, T., Takashima, M., and Tokui, J. (2015) Regional Inequality and Industrial Structure in Japan: 1874-2008, Tokyo: Maruzen Publishing.

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.